Pat Hasler:
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER secure steel plates with straps, chains only, the steel will slice through straps like a knife through butter.
Pat you can write NEVER as much as you like , it doesn’t change the fact that if the customer doesn’t want his product damaged by chain ‘■■■■■’ then you use straps with sleeve and or plastic edge protectors…
If you use an unprotected ■■■■■■■■ a sharp edge then yes obviously it will ‘saw’ during the journey or ‘slice’ during poor unprepared braking/evading, or of course a sudden stop incident, but in this respect ‘unprotected’ is the key word, you can get cardboard, nylon ■■■■■■, plastic and even metal edge protectors, some fitted already to the product by the manufacturer and some you add yourself as part of your securing kit procedure, so there are plenty of safe and proven options for using straps.